Apparatus for slicing soap.



1 I. H. PLATSHEK.

APPARATUS FOR SLIGING SOAP.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 2, 1911.

, Patented Ja11.7 1913. i

- INVENTOR.

' \NEk BY AT 25 ing shaving soap .1 have selected. such an ap-,

-ed if desired by bf asupporfi 10 with H p i wall thereof, these supports'bemg comparatively narrow; in .width and arranged at suitable intervals apart, The cake .ofsoap i '12 rests against these cake supports. and does 50 Fsurface'ofthe holder,; with "a result that lit- ISADORE H. rLArsHEK, or nnw'YoRK, 1v. Y. T

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, ISADORE H. PLA'rsHnK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city, .county,' and State. of New York, have invented a newand Improved'Apparatus for SlicingSoap, of whichthe follow- 'ing is a specification.

. The invention relates more especially to devices used fOPSllClIlg' shaving soap, and an Ob ect of the lnventlon, among others, is

to provide a device ofpthis class in the use of which very thin slices of uniform thickness may be obtained.

Otherobjects of the invention will appear from the following description taken in conaccompanyingdrawings, 1n n;

nection with the which- I Figure 1 isa viewvi n front elevation of my improved slicing device. Fig; 2 is a rear View of the same." Fig.3 is a view inside elevation ,with partsbroken away to show construction; Fig. tie a view-in central veritical section through thedevi'ce.

- As my invention'is especially applicable for'use in connection with a device for slicparatusjforthe purpose. of disclosing my iniventio'n'herein, yet it willbe understood that the device is'notlimited to such use.

, 5 In the accompanying. Idrawingsjthe nuineral .6 denotes a base constructed of any 5 suitable material and: provided with, any desiredmeans for attachment toa table or like. Tsupport,in the form shown a stud 7 adapted to enter= avsocket .piece'being employed. A frame or guide and supporting plate 8, is rigidly secured to the base, risin from the front thereof, and-a'casingor hol er'9 is1se-' cured to the guide and supporting-plate,

projecting rearward therefrom andi'conn'ectthe base plate; "This holder is of suitable shape to receive a cake ofsoap, bein'gshown herein as round, and cake supports 11 extend lengthwise 'ofithe holder-on the inner not come in contact with the entireiinner tle friction exists between the cake and inner surface of the holder and undue force "is not required to move :thecajke within'the:

w l holder, but at the same time there s suffi- -cient'friction to oppose movement of the cake;

I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 2, 1911.

ArP RArUsron SLICING soar.

g p Patented Jan. 7', 1913. Serial No. 630,817.

uniform thickness of the slices of soap and in the production of said slices of 'a-minia A spurf 13 may be employed f desired projecting from the inner surface.

mum thickness;

. to secure the most satisfactory results in a and extending the whole length of the holder to prevent the cake, from rotating and a sight glass 14 may be located in the wall of the holder, through which the posi- -t1on and condition'of the cakeiof soap therein may be determined. 7

'A- cover plate 15 is pivotally secured to the frame or guide and supportingplate 8,

and is preferably held inyieldingfcontact with said plate at at least one point. In the supportingplate and at the other end] in a projection 17 "from the holder 9. The cover .plate,1 5-is secured .torthis rock shaft by :Which it ismoved by said plate, and a v cap 18 engages-withthe screw threaded end 19 of. therock shaft, a spring20 being located,

withintthe cap and thrusting? with one; end against Y the. cap and with the other end device shownfherein a rock shaft 16 has-a bear1ng at one end in the frame or. guide and against the coverplate to hold it in yielding contact-With theiframe or guide and support plate*8.,, The outer edge '21 oft-he frame or guide "and support plate 8 isformed on the arc of; a. circle concentric with the axis of therock" shaft 16. .Thecover plate is providedwith a handle 22 and a guidefinger 23 proj eating from I the handle :and resting against the back of the guide and supporting plate. Q'lhis finger is preferably slightlyresilient sothat it causes somexfrictional re=(,1

-sistance I to the 4 sliding. ,movementof} the :cover, and yet at thesamej time permits the cover .to move sufliciently easy and to yield e cake to aslight degree under pressure of th to secure the desired results.

A knife 24; isls'e'cured to thelower I the. cover plate 15, this-knife beingofa length greater than V the diameter w of the openinginto -the holder,gifone side ofthe knifez lying in the same plane asthe back of the cover plate, 115, .so that ,as said plate ,is moved,"as by 'meansof theh'andle 22, the f knifefwill, brush past and infcontact with i I the edge of the opening into the holder to cut a slice of soap from the cake Within the 13 holder, and whenthe cover plate islin the positionloppositeto that: shown in, F ig. 1! it acts? as aj cover-for the holder, securely close ing the same; and preventing the entry; :of l dust. and other matter 'thereintoq In order to obtain the best results in cutting slices of minimum thickness and in the uniformity of the slices it is important that the knife shall not be rigidly held against the edge of the opening in the holder, and that also undue force shall not be required to move the cake in the holder. To enable the best results to be attained the knife is yieldingly mounted at each end, as hereinbefore described, and to enable the second result to be be termed as feeding movement, that is, the

continued movement after the opening in the holder has been uncovered, and this eX- tension is made broad enough to enable movement of the knife for the purpose of variable feed hereinafter referred to. The extension is provided with openings 41 that act to remove any soap that may accumulate on the back of the knife, and the frictional contact of the knife with this extension serves as a means for supporting the knife in its sliding movement along the plate.

A follower 25 is located within the holder and has a screw threaded shaft 26 secured thereto and projecting through a hole in an unthreaded hub 27 in the rear wall of the holder. A feed sleeve 28 is mounted upon the hub at the rear of the holder and a ratchet 29 is secured to this sleeve, the outer end of which may be knurled to provide a knob 30 by means of which thesleeve may be manually turned if desired. A hub 32 of a pawl supporting arm 31 is mounted to rotate upon the'shaft 16, a pawl 33 being secured to the end of the arm in position to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel 29, a spring 34: being employed if desired to hold the pawl in engagement with the ratchet. A guard plate 4C2 projecting from the rear wall of the holder serves to locate the pawl to cause it to properly engage with the teeth of the ratchet wheel. Shoulders are formed upon the hub 32 of the pawl supporting arm, between which shoulders an actuating pin 35 plays. This pin is secured to the shaft 16 and when it comes in contact with the shoulders causes thepawl supportin arm 31 to be rocked in unison with the sha t. In the form of construction herein shown these shoulders are formed as by means of pins 36, projecting from the hub 32. In order to provide for a variable feed for the cake of soap a gage pin 37 is secured within any one of the openings 38 in the guide plate, the handle 22 by contact with the pin 37 limiting the degree of movement of the guide plate, and therefore of the rock shaft 16,

and consequently the position of the pin fixes the amount of throw of the pawl supporting arm 31, which determines the number of teeth on the ratchet over which the pawl will pass during each movement of the cover plate 15 to cut off a slice from a cake of soap, and consequently the thickness of the slice to be cut from said cake. As an example, with the pin in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the handle passing from the pin to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings will cause the pawl to pass over but one tooth on the ratchet, and therefore feed the ratchet a one tooth space, whereas if the pin be set in the hole 38 nearest the edge, or the second hole from that in which it is shown, the handle in passing from the position shown in Fig. 2 to said pin will cause the pawl 33 to pass over three teeth of the ratchet, and on the return movement the ratchet will be fed a three tooth space.

It will be noted that the movement of the cover plate sufliciently to cause the knife to completely uncover the opening into the holder rocks the shaft 16 to a greater degree than would be required to move the pawl sufficiently to engage the succeeding teeth, and for this reason the movement of the pin 35 between the shoulders 36 is provided to permit this movement of the rock shaft independently of the pawl.

While I have shown and described herein a preferred construction of device for carrying out the objects herein sought to be attained, this construction may be departed from to a greater or lesser extent without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention, which I do not therefore limit to its embodiment in a device constructed in exactaccordance with that illustrated and described herein.

I claim 1. A holder, a guide, a cover plate pivot-- ally mounted at one side of the opening into the holder, a knife secured to the edge of the cover plate, a resilient guide finger carried by the cover plate to frictionally engage the edge of said guide to permit yielding movement of the knife in the direction of feed of a cake of soap in the holder, a follower located within the holder for feeding action, and means for actuating the follower.

2. A holder, a guide, a cover plate pivotally mounted at one side of the opening into the holder, means for'exerting a yielding pressure upon the cover plate 1n the direc tion opposed to the feed of a cake of soap within the holder, a knife secured to the edge of the cover plate, a guide finger carriedby the cover plateto frictionally engage the edge of said guide, a follower located within the holder for feeding action, and

- means for actuatingthe follower.

3. A holder, a guide, a cover plate pivotally mounted at one side of the opening into the holder, means for exerting a yielding the holder, a follower located within the holder for feeding action, and means for actuating the follower.

4. In a soap slicing machine, a holder arranged to receive a cake closelyfitting its inner wall, supporting strips extending lengthwise of the holder on its inner surface and arranged to provide-a bearing surface of little area on all sides ofthe holderfor the cakenof soap,a follower locatedin" the holder. for feeding action, and means for operating the follower '5. A holder, a knife ".pivotally mounted with, respect to I the holderja supporting plate along which theknife brushes, said supporting plate having openings, means for 7 operating the knife, means for holding the knife yieldingly against the supporting plate, a follower located with the holder,

and means for operating the follower.

J In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses ISADORE H. PLATSHEKL a Witnesses:

JOHN MURTAGH,Q H. GOEPEL,

Washington, D. 0.

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